“The future of students who are not reading proficiently by the end of the third grade is devastatingly clear: They are four times more likely to drop out and not graduate on time than students who are reading on grade level by third grade.”(more)

“Huggins said each of these school districts has made summer programs part of its “academic bottom line” because – despite the expense of the programs – they can’t afford to ignore summer. Sixty-six percent of teachers say it takes at least three to four weeks to reteach skills at the beginning of a new school year, according to a survey of 500 teachers by the National Summer Learning Association.”(more)